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Published · transcript-backedLenny Rachitsky: belief
7 Sept 2023 Lenny's Podcast An inside look at Figma’s unique GTM motion | Claire Butler (first GTM hire)
“Along those same lines, I saw an interview with Dylan talking about product market fit, and he had this interesting quote about how he realized first that they had product market fit a year later, which is when Microsoft, I think, was like, "Take our money.”
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- Lenny Rachitsky
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- 7 Sept 2023
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…Yes, exactly. And then get someone to pay for your product. Yeah, so there's all these major milestones. Along those same lines, I saw an interview with Dylan talking about product market fit, and he had this interesting quote about how he realized first that they had product market fit a year later, which is when Microsoft, I think, was like, "Take our money. We want to pay for Figma." And he's like, "Okay, maybe this is going to work." Does that sound about right? Well, it's interesting, and that goes up to the bottoms-up model that we could talk about. I think the difference, if you think about a company like Microsoft and what this looks like, this is just a really good example of this bottoms-up motion in market. Here's a funny story that I want to add. Our first meeting with Microsoft actually came, and this is the scrappiness of working in an early stage startup, because I slid into the DMs of my friend's ex-boyfriend. That's how we got our first meeting with Microsoft.…
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